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Characteristics of monotheistic Gods

holiness, justice, sovereignty, omnipotence, omniscience, omnibenevolence, omnipresence, and immortality

Very impressive list but I think charisma or something of the sort should be added.

Source ?

In the section "God in Christianity," Is there a good source for this, or mutliple sources? This is a blanket statement that needs to be reviewed : "Within Christianity, the doctrine of the Trinity states that God is a single being that exists, simultaneously and eternally, as a perichoresis of three persons (personae, prosopa): Father (the Source, the Eternal Majesty); the Son (the eternal Logos or Word, human as Jesus of Nazareth); and the Holy Spirit (the Paraclete or advocate)." Not all "Christians" or Christian faiths subscribe to the Trinity. See : Binitarianism (two deities/persons/aspects), Unitarianism (one deity/person/aspect), the Godhead (Latter Day Saints) (three separate beings, one in purpose) and Modalism (Oneness). Should this be re-worded? "Notable dissenting groups include the Jehovah's Witnesses, Mormons, Christadelphians, Unitarians, Arians, and Adoptionists;" appears to be a negative statement ("dissenting"?). I really believe the entire section needs to be reviewed and reworked (or deleted if left as is). Master Redyva ♠ 22 December 2007 (UTC)

Poles in mythology

Now we have a new article Poles in mythology, Please see and include suitable improvements , if any, in article Poles in mythology.

Rgds Mahitgar (talk) 09:13, 7 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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The all-encompassing

First of all we should remember that "God" is just a name that we give to something which we consider the be unsurpassable ("God" has many names). To my humble opinion there is only one possible definition of God: "The all-encompassing". It corresponds with sayings like: "God is one", "All is part of God" and "God has a many faces". Any other definition would diminish God and thus make God inferior to something greater. From this point on it is save to say that God is "all that is and is not". Which corresponds to the definition given by the Rig-Veda and fully integrates monotheism with pantheism. Even more it integrates religion and science. For in this definition God is simultaneous with reality, with nature, whether it is measurable or not. Now believing becomes knowing. And knowing God becomes following the royal path of Science (The narrow path followed by Euclid). Of course we will never know that what we cannot measure properly, so our knowledge of God will always be limited to its properly measurable part. There is no sense in trying to understand (or please?) what we cannot understand. There is however sense for us as humans, being part of nature, to understand the measurable part of nature as good as we can and to live up to its laws. Among other things by subordinating the wishes and laws of mankind.83.98.229.18 (talk) 07:30, 12 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Zoroastrianism?

It seems like the article should introduce or mention Zoroastrianism. Zoroastrianism is one of the world's oldest religions, and it has Ahura Mazda, who is its supreme being. Zoroastrianism influenced the Abrahamic religions that followed it.

Jeffrey Walton (talk) 00:05, 22 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]